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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Curlew Sandpiper
11 July
1600 - ♀ found by myself, Terry Hall, and Fred Cole
about 400 m. NE of the lone pole on Village Ridge.
Two young were captured and banded :
74-198400 - 13.2 g
198310 - 13.4g
1700 - Removed camera from N4 - no eggs or youngs in
nest)
1710 - N7 - 4 eggs : weights : 10.0, 10.5, 10.3, 9.9 g.
Reports from Mike Fitzgerald :
0955 - ♀ 300 m SE of lone pole - intermed. breast color
1020 - ♀ E side of Voth Slough 200 m. S. of
Golden Plower nest : [illegible]
1940 - ♀ E side of Voth Slough, 800 m. E of Crags.
Behaved as if chicks in vicinity
2030 - ♀ 400m due E. from Cross on W. side
Voth Creek - chick-in-vicinity-behavior
13 July
1530 - one ♀ seen on W. edge Voth Slough near Site 7 -
probably without chicks
northernmost end
1630 - ♀ at Footprint Lane with apparently only one
chick : 74-198'311 - 15.5g . She gave several
"Wheeeeeos" while in slow flight ; perhaps as well as
on the ground - definitely the "come this way" signal for
the chicks
1600 : N7 : 4 eggs, ♀ on.
Jeff Myll reported 2 ♀ on Bird Transect, one of
which apparently had chicks and the other of which appeared
to be a wanderer.